Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lespedeza violacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza violacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-27-009:
Lespedeza intermedia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wand Lespedeza, Wandlike Bush-clover, Violet Bush-clover
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4496
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4497
September Greenville County SC
Leaflets (1.3-) 1.8-3 (-3.5)x long as wide. Pubescence of the stem appressed, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4498
September Greenville County SC
Flowers in dense racemes. Keel petals usually shorter than the wing petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4499
September Greenville County SC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_1
September Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_1b
September Catawba County NC
Upper surface of leaflets glabrous (sometimes strigose along midrib only), per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_2
September Catawba County NC
Uppermost flowers commonly exceed their subtending leaves; lower flowers don't, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_3
September Catawba County NC